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Table 2 How women handled pregnancy complications reported in the survey (n=100, categories are not mutually exclusive)

From: Boosting antenatal care attendance and number of hospital deliveries among pregnant women in rural communities: a community initiative in Ghana based on mobile phones applications and portable ultrasound scans

How handled

Frequency

Visited health facility

63

Self-medication with traditional herbs

23

Did nothing

13

Self-medication with medicine bought from a drug store

11

Treated by traditional herbalist

5

Pray by religious leader as the only intervention

1

Other

1